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Missouri COVID-19 count doesn't include antigen tests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department doesn't include antigen tests in its count of COVID-19 cases, meaning that tens of thousands of positive tests have not been included in the state's tally. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior...
The Latest: Shanghai locks down 2 major hospitals over cases
BEIJING — Shanghai has imposed lockdowns on two of China’s best-known hospitals after they were linked to new coronavirus cases. Outpatient services have been suspended at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Renji Hospital, both of which have been cordoned off along with some surrounding...
Health experts blame rapid expansion for vaccine shortages
Public health experts Thursday blamed COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 million people age 65 and over. The push that began over a week ago has not been...
Virginia health official says no vaccines have gone to waste
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A top health official said Thursday that he's confident no COVID-19 vaccine doses have gone to waste in Virginia, despite mounting criticism over the state's sluggish inoculation rate and questions about where shots have been distributed. Dr. Danny Avula, who was recently tapped by...
Small number of N.C. vaccine doses thrown out, official says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top public official acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that the state has seen a small number of coronavirus vaccine doses thrown out at a time when supplies remain limited. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen also announced a new...
The Latest: Sri Lanka reopens tourism after 10-month closing
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka is welcoming tourists again after keeping the doors closed to visitors for nearly 10 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government’s action Thursday is seen as an effort to revive the island nation’s tourism industry, which has been badly hit by the...
New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus swept across the globe last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sank into the shadows, undermined by some of its own mistakes and stifled by an administration bent on downplaying the nation's suffering. Now a new CDC director is arriving to a mammoth...
VIRUS TODAY: US states report COVID-19 vaccine shortage
Here's what's happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled. The Centers for Disease...
Iowa posts 62 virus deaths, total reaches nearly 4,400
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa public health officials posted an additional 62 deaths on Wednesday as the state death total reached 4,394. Iowa had the 17th highest per capita death count in the nation and the second highest seven-day average positivity at 33% behind Idaho, according to researchers at Johns...
The Latest: Hawaii says scarcity hinders vaccination efforts
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s leaders say limited supply is the main thing constraining distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in the state. Hawaii received 59,000 doses of the vaccine last week, but expects to get only about 32,000 this week. Still, Lt. Gov. Josh Green says the state expects to be able to...
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